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SM04: The Calibrator

The Side Mission 4: The Calibrator is a sidequest in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided that is uncovered by talking with Koller in Prague (Day).

Talking with Koller, he’ll mention that your new experimental augs don’t have to drain all of your juices - there might be a way to balance them out, using an item called a neuroplasticity calibrator. The bad news is Koller ordered that very same item - which was confiscated by Otar Botkveli, the same man who ordered his thugs to raid Koller’s place.

Take the subway over to the Palisade Station and look for a small courtyard that has a manhole painted like a casino chip - and hop down into the sewers. Follow the red carpet all the way to a large door - and get ready to have a duel of wits with Otar.

As you begin your discussion, he’ll ask a lot of tense questions, letting you talk straight, try and compliment, or dodge the questions entirely. The thing about Otar is, he’s dealt with enough suck-ups and liars in his day, so answering truthfully will keep things rolling smoothly. Straight talk about your intentions, and how far you’d go to help your friend, and he’ll relent and give you the item you need - in return for a yet unspecified favor, which you should come to expect when dealing with a crime boss. After he’s let you go, feel free to get the device in his office, and help yourself to the booze in the bar, the credits on the tables, and other items scattered about, like an eBook on a table on the second floor. Just make sure if you want to hack anything, you do it out of sight.

If you fail negotiations, or just don’t like being held to a promise with no details, there are alternatives. You can fight, or sneak in through the sewers to the right of the main entrance, passing a level 1 locked gate and past a camera, before crawling through the muck to the other side of the casino to a backroom locked with a level 1 terminal (there’s also a weapons case stacked up above). The small storeroom has a grate with a crawlspace above leading to both a Square Enix Triangle, and Otar’s office where the device is kept - and guarded by two thugs. If you’d rather not go the long route, you can also use your augmented jumping upgrade to climb onto the pipes above the front door and sneak through a grate to the second floor.

The office has a level 2 security terminal, Otar’s personal level 1 laptop with codes a storage safe, and several items like a Breach Software, painkillers and booze, and a Frag Grenade in a weapons case. Unlike if you played nice with Otar, the device won’t be sitting in plain sight, instead you’ll have to hack the level 1 safe in the corner.

Of course, once you nab the calibrator, Koller will tell you that he will see you just as soon as he’s done with another patient of his - which may take awhile, effectively putting this mission on hold until you return from your next big mission outside of Prague.